Other Than Expected: Fabian Bircher on Combining Art, Architecture, and Code
Fabian discusses his unique creative process, where inspiration flows from both artistic concepts and the discovery of new technological possibilities.
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Design theory to strengthen your practice.
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Design Can’t Rely on Logic: Troy Leinster on Type Design and Human Perception
Why learning to make letters makes you a better designer.
Design’s Problems • Doubleshot
Does imagining our work as a set of solutions lead to a misinterpretation of the conditions of its origin?
A Reading List for Individualized and Adaptive Design
It’s (still) summer, which is the perfect time for a reading list.
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Other Than Expected: Fabian Bircher on Combining Art, Architecture, and Code
Fabian discusses his unique creative process, where inspiration flows from both artistic concepts and the discovery of new technological possibilities.
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Design Can’t Rely on Logic: Troy Leinster on Type Design and Human Perception
Why learning to make letters makes you a better designer.
Design’s Problems • Doubleshot
Does imagining our work as a set of solutions lead to a misinterpretation of the conditions of its origin?
A Reading List for Individualized and Adaptive Design
It’s (still) summer, which is the perfect time for a reading list.
The Creative Impulse • Doubleshot
The tension around what creativity is, and why generating art isn’t it.
The User Brings the Confetti: Rob Giampietro on Scaling a Human-Centered Brand
Rob details Notion Faces' journey from an internal tradition to a major public launch, including the pivotal decision to scale with human illustrators instead of AI.
Let’s Talk About Tools • Doubleshot
The assemblage of tools not only implies something about which tasks should be possible, but also how they should be carried out.
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The Subtle Typographic Details in Goodreads’ New Logo
A mini design breakdown of the new logo face.
Predict the Present • Doubleshot
Is there something more behind the desire to know the future (or speak it into existence)?
🔓 True is Better Than New • Doubleshot
I’ve always been a big believer in actively cultivating the individual perspective as a part of good design rationale, and it’s even more on my mind now.
True is Better Than New: David Reinfurt, A *Co–* Program for Graphic Design
How individual perspective is the real driver of design as a practice.